From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 16 01:02:52 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5AFB1065672 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:02:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corky1951@comcast.net) Received: from qmta08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 827FB8FC13 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:02:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.59]) by qmta08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id WHSP1e0081GXsucA8R2sYs; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:02:52 +0000 Received: from comcast.net ([98.203.142.76]) by omta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id WR2q1e0031f6R9u8UR2qJ0; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:02:51 +0000 Received: by comcast.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:02:49 -0700 Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:02:49 -0700 From: Charlie Kester To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100616010249.GD527@comcast.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100615211740.GA50967@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100615154956.cfz6ip454w8gcco4@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <07A440BE-D29A-44CA-9F2D-16D1314A8B24@mac.com> <20100615161147.j4gokl7rk8sgwssw@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100615161147.j4gokl7rk8sgwssw@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.20 X-Composer: Vim 7.2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: concerning flash under freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:02:52 -0000 On Tue 15 Jun 2010 at 15:11:47 PDT Programmer in Training wrote: >"Don't install it." isn't a valid option. Sure it is. The fact that it's an option you don't want to accept doesn't make it invalid. >I also take issue with the "well use a supported OS" schtick. I will >tell Adobe to provide a FreeBSD-native release, though it would be nice >to know I won't be the only one. I'm actually going right now to do so. >Who's with me? Actually, you're starting down a well-trodden path. Many people have already asked Adobe for a FreeBSD-native release, and Adobe has never seen fit to do so. The FreeBSD desktop market is apparently too small to make it worth their while. That's a perfectly valid position for them to take, no matter how much we might dislike it. And "Use a supported OS if you want Flash" isn't a schtick. It's eminently practical advice, from people who have tried but don't see any way the situation on FreeBSD is likely to change.